On a hot summer's night In the year of '75Jimmy Doyle took his child bride Amanda, for a driveShe was only seventeen He just lived to see her smileTheir commitment to each other Burned like a forest fireOtis on the radio singing Stand By Me

As a trooper pulled them overAnd said Jimmy where you beenSomeone matching your descriptionHas just robbed the liquor storeAmanda said He's been with meBut they weren't listening anymoreDown at Precinct Number Five They questioned Jimmy through the nightThe sheriff said He's gotta stand trialArmed robbery is the chargeAmanda said This cannot beGonna stay right here until you set him freeAnd I love him

Here to eternityForever Unto eternityOh God gave me something I must hold on toGonna hold on himNo matter what you doThe old courthouse was crowdedAs the judge reviewed the case In a year of re-electionHe was desperate to impress Innocent or guilty

He saw an opportunityTo send Jimmy down for life To the PenitentiaryDisbelief and angerAs they dragged him awayIn a cell below the courthouseThey beat him like a slaveBut his use of martial artsStruck a blow for libertyFelled a guard with a fist of ironAnd killed him instantlyAll the press surrounded AmandaComing down the courthouse stepsPleading for her young man's lifeAnd in a moment seen by millionsShe bowed her head and criedShow my man some mercyHe's the father of my childI love him

Here to eternityForever Unto eternityOh God gave me something I must hold on toGonna hold on himNo matter what you do I love himHere to eternityJimmy Doyle appeared againIn a second public trailFor the murder of a prison guardThey sentenced him to dieBut Amanda with her long red hairMade one last pleaAs the court fell into silenceShe cried out desperatelyThis man of mine is innocentAs one day I shall proveIt's an open case of self defenseAll this circumstantial evidenceYou place before your courtHas robbed me of my husbandForget I will notI love him